Egotism, n. Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
– Ambrose Bierce
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Attribution of that quote to Bierce is erroneous, since he published The Devil’s Dictionary in 1906 and the first crossword is dated 1913. Bierce probably died in Mexico in 1914 (no one knows for sure). Furthermore, the NY Times was one of the last newspapers to adopt the crossword, never publishing one until 1942, according to Wikipedia.
Also, I think the definition better fits “optimism.”